I'm late, and I hate that. But I'd also love for someone else to write
the column. It's pretty formulaic. :)
Please review for corrections and omissions!
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Pasadena San Gabriel Unit
The Arcadia Bridge Center must have been the longest continuously
operated bridge club in the United States. I can't imagine another, but
it might be out there.
Diane made sure that her players would have a place to play before
closing the doors for good on April 30. Despite always shunning
attention, she has been celebrated this past month, and been gracious in
accepting the good wishes. Now we're all delighted to see her playing
the game that was her life with friends and partners, and never again
having to heft a water bottle, clean up a spill, order supplies, or cut
bits of sausage.
The community will see to it that Diane is cared for and always
surrounded by her people. Thank you Diane!
The Pasadena Bridge Club is now offering daily weekday games at 11:00,
and so far all have been well attended. The Saturday afternoon novice /
intermediate game is being paired with an open game for a while, until
the next series of Saturday morning classes are complete. We don't have
a start date yet, but in a couple of months we'll have a separate
Saturday morning 299er game, so it doesn't have to share the space with
the regular afternoon open game.
At the Pasadena Bridge Club, all games May 6-11 will be Royal STaC games
(except the Tuesday evening novice pairs). The week of May 20-25 will be
Club Championship week. Masterpoint awards that week will be big, and
overalls will be awarded.
New classes will be starting in mid-May:
* Introduction to Declarer Play, Wednesdays 7:00, starting May 15
* Two Over One Game Force, Thursdays 7:00, starting May 16
* Bridge Basics 2 - Competitive Bidding, Saturdays 9:30, starting May 18
Unit Championships will be held on Sunday, May 5, and Sunday May 19
(first and third) at 12:30. We'll serve pizza from Blaze at about noon.
Make your reservations with Miriam Harrington (626) 232-0558
miratpf(a)aol.com.
The April games were well attended, with 12.5 tables on April 7, and 13
on April 21. Here are the winners each direction:
* April 7, N/S Joan Mesias, Jeanette Deverian, E/W Amr Elghamry,
Dominique Moore
* April 21, N/S Karmen Armoudjian, Jan Wickersham, E/W Rae Murbach,
Jerry Murbach
Congratulations to new Regional Masters Ray Boncato and Mariann Nolan,
new Life Masters Tim Lee and Teresa Thurman, and new Bronze Life Masters
Marianne Newman and Teresa Thurman.
I'd also like to recognize the winners of the 2023 masterpoint races. I
know I'm late, but it still deserves to be here:
The Mini-McKinney for most total masterpoints won:
Starting masterpoints
>10,000
John Jones
5000-7500
Connie Kang
3500-5000
Milt Kalikman
2500-3500
Joan Mesias
1500-2500
Fredy Minter
1000-1500
Sandy Rucker
500-1000
Paulette Burkitt
300-500
Hanna Zhuang
200-300
Tracee Dezzutti
100-200
Ming Hu
50-100
Nina Huang
20-50
Sherry Warmuth
5-20
Hsing Fang
0-5
Robert Jennings
The Ace of Clubs award for most points won in club games (black points):
Starting masterpoints
>10000
Lulu Minter
5000-7500
Dominique Moore
3500-5000
Milt Kalikman
2500-3500
Joan Mesias
1500-2500
Fredy Minter
1000-1500
Sandy Rucker
500-1000
Sadika Elewy
300-500
Gloria Rommel
200-300
Tracee Dezzutti
100-200
Stephen Guerrero
50-100
Ray Boncato
20-50
Stuart Soldate
5-20
Hsing Fang
0-5
Robert Jennings
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Morris "Mojo" Jones
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Good morning to all,
Diane has called me because someone wants to purchase bidding boxes from her. These belong to the Unit, not her club. I have talked with Mojo and he thinks, as do I, thatit would be prudent to keep them all since we will hopefully have a larger sectional at some point. Also, we stocked these boxes with plastic more expensive bidding cards so they have more value than the rack rate.
Since they belong to the Unit, this is a board decision. Please sound in on your thoughts on this. As i said above, my inclination and Mojos is to keep them all.
Lisa
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Ok
On April 26, 2024, at 2:56 PM, Angela Peters <angela.peters48(a)gmail.com> wrote:
They’re the property of the Unit and should remain so.
Angela
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> On Apr 26, 2024, at 2:39 PM, dgarnersemail(a)gmail.com wrote:
>
> It's a no-brainer. Let's keep them.
>
> Don
>
> Donald K. Garner
> Cell: (310) 367-3092
> Email:dgarnersemail@gmail.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lisawalker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2024 12:34 PM
> To: Unit559board(a)bridgemojo.com
> Subject: [Unit559board] Bidding boxes
>
>
> Good morning to all,
>
> Diane has called me because someone wants to
> purchase bidding boxes from her. These belong to
> the Unit, not her club. I have talked with Mojo
> and he thinks, as do I, thatit would be prudent to
> keep them all since we will hopefully have a
> larger sectional at some point. Also, we stocked
> these boxes with plastic more expensive bidding
> cards so they have more value than the rack rate.
>
>
> Since they belong to the Unit, this is a board
> decision. Please sound in on your thoughts on
> this. As i said above, my inclination and Mojos
> is to keep them all.
>
> Lisa
> Sent from my iPad
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Jane, Zachary, and I have decided that Diane would play for free for life at our club.
I'd like to propose that the Unit do the same for those games.
What say ye?
Mojo
Morris Jones
pasadenabridgeclub.com
I concur.
On April 19, 2024, at 2:40 PM, Lisawalker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I fully agree and so far so have 5 board members. If we can get two more, we can start this now at the next unit game before memorializing it at the board meeting. So two more board members please sound in.
That is such a generous gesture, MoJo, Zach and Jane. Thank you for leading the way on this and it is much deserved for Diane who has facilitated games for so many for such a long time.
Lisa
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> On Apr 19, 2024, at 1:46 PM, Liza Billington <lbillington56(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great idea!
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 19, 2024, at 1:32 PM, Morris Jones <mojo(a)pasadenabridgeclub.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Jane, Zachary, and I have decided that Diane would play for free for life at our club.
>>
>> I'd like to propose that the Unit do the same for those games.
>>
>> What say ye?
>>
>> Mojo
>> Morris Jones
>> pasadenabridgeclub.com
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I just opened this email.
Kathy
----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Doug Senour <doug.senour10(a)gmail.com>To: "mysuki(a)att.net" <mysuki(a)att.net>Sent: Monday, April 8, 2024 at 06:53:21 PM PDTSubject: Unit 559
Kathy,
Please tell the board that I have resigned.
Thank you,
Doug Senour
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Also need Zoom link , Mojo!
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Miriam Harrington <miratpf(a)aol.com>
> Date: April 8, 2024 at 10:25:21 AM PDT
> To: Lisa Walker <lisawalkerlac(a)gmail.com>
>
>
>
Cornelia, our flier is still under development. :)
It's a two-day event, pairs games only, 10:00 and 3:00 PM, open and
0-750 sections.
Mojo
On 4/7/2024 9:35 AM, Cornelia Gould wrote:
> I see on the ACBL website that you plan to hold a Sectional on the above dates. Do you have a flyer for that yet? We live in the Palm Springs area and are interested in possibly attending.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cornelia Gould
>
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